Category: appstore

Periodically I will write open letters to tech companies, usually chastising them for interface, or some form of glitch. Now I write to Blackberry to chastise them for a marketing mistake, which really could be corrected. Now, here’s my letter: Dear Blackberry, Rumor has it you’re releasing BBM for iPhone and Android on September 20th. You know what else is being released on September...

Rarely are games built to be played both for a minute, and for hours, but one such brain game, 94 Seconds (94S) does just that. This review should provide a few reasons why you should download this app immediately. What is 94 Seconds? 94 Seconds is essentially a word game.You’re prompted with a beginning letter and a category, and you must give a word...

Webmaster, bloggers, and designers often need to work on wordpress design on a test site before sending something over to a live site, but most solutions for getting wordpress installs onto a mac involve complex virtual servers, and manual uploading and setup. There’s an easier way. Here’s how to set up a fully manipulable test install of WordPress on a mac in only five...

The 50 billionth app downloaded on iOS (I wonder how they keep track) was downloaded by Brandon Ashmore of Mentor, Ohio. He’ll be walking away with a $10,000 itunes giftcard for his troubles (not shabby). Ashmore downloaded “Say the Same Thing”, a word game created by internet-famous band, OKGO (Remember the guys who did the music video on treadmills). They happen to have made...

Just months after Apple hit the 25 billion app mark, that number has nearly doubled. The countdown to 50 billion downloads has begun, and in about 650,000,000 One person, who downloads the 50 billionth app, will walk away with a $10,000 itunes giftcard. A Twist in prizes: The prizes for each milestone have changed dramatically. At the original 1 billion app mark, which...